Sellers v. State

Joseph Lee Sellers is a 12-year-old boy who lives with his parents and goes to school in Cullman County, Alabama. A city police officer saw him get off a school bus at the intersection of 1-65 and Highway 278. Young Sellers got into the driver's seat of a Buick automobile and drove out onto the highway. The police officer testified that he saw the tires spin and observed Sellers pull in front of another vehicle and weave onto the wrong side of the road. Officer Sandlin pursued Sellers for about 1/4 of a mile and then stopped him. He asked him for a driver's license and then discovered he was…